Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set off to look for Nigel — quite a long way down , as the staircases did n't connect and one had to walk the complete length of the first-floor gallery before descending the second . |
| 2 | I hope they do what they set out to do for the sake of the people of West Belfast . |
| 3 | They set out to peak for this particular match , both to erase from their minds the upset in London two years ago and to prove they could manage a good performance after several indifferent ones . |
| 4 | So he set out to look for one . |
| 5 | He set about looking for new sites . |
| 6 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 7 | He was the first person in the Soviet Union who realized what the avant-garde meant in terms of world art , as he set about searching for and collecting drawings , pictures , canvases … |